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Apr 16, 20116 min read

ATB vs. ITB, v2.0

The original ATB vs. ITB post, from November 2008, was due for a major updating, including lots of photos, so here it is. Warning: before...

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Mar 28, 20105 min read

New Life For Old Spectra – Part I: Hanging Tires On A Tractor Tug

Most of us never cease to be amazed by the increasing strength and decreasing size of modern synthetic lines. What used to require a...

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Feb 24, 20102 min read

Jammin’!

“Ooh, yeah! All right! We’re jammin’, I wanna jam it wid you. We’re jammin’, jammin’, and I hope you like jammin’, too.” – Bob Marley...

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Feb 11, 20105 min read

Lots Of Eggs, One Basket: Loran-C Signal Shut Down

U.S. Coast Guard Loran Station Attu, AK by JanKocian Loran-C is officially history: at 1500 EST this past Monday the U.S. Coast Guard...

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Feb 9, 20102 min read

Making The Cut: Work Knives For Seafarers – Part III

Here’s some worthy folders that slipped past me for inclusion in Part I of this series….. Benchmade’s Doug Ritter RSK Mk1 with a...

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Jan 10, 201016 min read

Man Overboard: What Do You Really Do?

A semi-overlapping combination of federal regulations, company operations and safety policies, and customer/charterer requirements...

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Dec 17, 20092 min read

Old School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner – Part V

I’ll just call this one Navigation Odds-n-Ends, as it’s basically a grab-bag of stuff I missed the first time through or couldn’t find a...

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Nov 25, 20093 min read

Making The Cut: Work Knives For Seafarers – Part I

Every seaman needs at least one good knife, and often more than one. Different cutting tasks may be best done with different types of...

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Nov 11, 20092 min read

Old-School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner – Part IV

Having already reviewed the “old” old-school stuff, it’s time to move on to some of the more modern versions of old-school. While...

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Nov 4, 20091 min read

Old-School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner – Part III

How about chart weights and magnifiers? I always hate it when some thoughtless, inconsiderate idiot decides to come in the windward-side...

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Oct 22, 20093 min read

Old-School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner – Part II

Not as old school as brass dividers and parallel rules, rolling parallel plotters have still been around for my entire seagoing career...

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Oct 14, 20093 min read

Old-School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner – Part I

This post begins a series that will periodically focus on older, or just plain old, practices, technologies and equipment that still have...

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Oct 1, 20092 min read

A New Twist, Literally: Dynamic Oval Towing

How’s this for some innovation: a ship-assist tug that has a European-style towing hook on a 360-degree track that allows the hook to...

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Aug 23, 20094 min read

iPhone Apps For Tech-Savvy Mariners

Smartphones have gotten pretty effin’ smart. So smart, in fact, that now they’re really just mini handheld computers that you can also...

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Jul 12, 20093 min read

UNCHAINED?: Check Your Tow Rig And Stay Attached To Your Barge.

Diamond Dave, Eddie, Alex and Mike were unchained in Oakland back in ’81, and they were bad-ass, but that just ain’t too cool when it...

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Jun 21, 20096 min read

WIRED: How & When To Inspect & Replace Your Wire Rope Hawser

Almost all of the conventional tugs use it, but how do you know when to replace it? Where do you go for information if your company has...

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Jun 7, 20092 min read

Tugnology ’09: The Papers

There’s no easy way to categorize them, so I’m not going to try. These are the technical papers that were presented at the conference in...

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May 30, 20096 min read

Back From Amsterdam: The Tugnology ’09 Summary

Tugnology ’09 Summary The 2009 Tugnology Conference in Holland is over and your two MTVA delegates are safely back aboard their tugs. The...

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Mar 12, 20091 min read

Treating Hypothermia: 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit / 37 degrees Celsius or bust!

The sun is getting higher in the sky and the days, while still somewhat chilly at times, are gradually getting longer and warmer. Spring...

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Oct 14, 20084 min read

More Thoughts On The River Clyde Tragedy…

Having read through the MAIB report on the T/V Flying Phantom a second time, some more things come into focus. This provides both answers...

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